h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

No, it's not people stirring custard.

Damnit!

Is it a person who has won a lot of money somehow, but has decided to carry on working anyway????


GT

Sorry, missed this one: it's not lottery winners, though probably most of the people doing the job don't need the money it brings in.

To reiterate: it's one particular job. And although the person doing it may appear to be a caretaker/pizza guy/etc., they are not. They are doing this so far unidentified job.

I was going to say spies but they have spies in the UK.

MI5 agent was sent to make contact with an agent in Wales. He knew the surname, Jones, and had a coded message to identify the right man.

When he arrived at the station he asked the station master if he could direct him to the house of Mr Jones.

"Well," said the station master,"that depends which one you want."

"We've got Jones the butcher, Jones the undertaker, Jones the schoolmaster, and me, I'm Jones the station."

The MI5 man looked at him and said, "The geeses are flying out over the Irish Sea tonight."

"Oh", said the station master,"you'll be wanting Jones the spy."

Hmmm. Did he say spies or didn't he say spies?

Yes I did say spies..........I have lots of points to spend

In gravel-toned cinema voice-over:

Pebble: Son of Taff.

He's on a mission, to find every last klaxon, and he won't stop until he's found them all!!

[insert here: theme from Indiana Jones ]

Now let me see. There was something about spies...What was it?...Oh yes...

Spies -5

Maybe he's taff's sock puppet

With those bunions?

No wonder he has big ears....

"No wonder he has big ears"

That's just malicious gossip, I have never been to Toytown

It's one particular job. And although the person doing it may appear to be a caretaker/pizza guy/etc., they are not. They are doing this so far unidentified job and most of the people doing the job don't need the money it brings in. They are also not doing this job openly.
The seedy cannot be "worn shabby etc" as they would appear to be so if seen, it's not a maybe. So seedy connects to the job in some sense of seeds.

Possible conclusions:

It is a paid job.
It is a job that is undertaken mostly because of the nature of the job and not for the remuneration.
It isn't a job that requires a disguise or special costumes.
It therefore must be a job that is done out of the public eye.
It is a job that is unusual enough that knowing what it is will immediately lead to the exclamation "Of course, {Insert name of famous person}."
This job is open to anyone although everyone doesn't neccessarily get the chance to do it. But if you got the chance you would regard it as a "good thing".
The key to this job is that it is in some way so "special" that the names of people who are or have done it would comprise a list small enough to be able to make a fair guess at the one name sought.

The only answer that roughly fits the above is No one doing nuffink. My brain hurts.

pebblederook - a reasonable summary, though the following assumptions are incorrect:

They are also not doing this job openly.

It isn't a job that requires a disguise or special costumes. - maybe/maybe not

It therefore must be a job that is done out of the public eye.

Sounds like the Poet Laureate.

Wordsworth never wrote a single poem while he was in this post.

...or if there's seeds involved, what about keeper of the Queen's pigeons?

Sorry ekky, it's neither of those. And it's amazing that we got to Post 136 for a mention of...

The Queen -5

Only one occupation coming anywhere close to mind.
Don't know about pay but there is 'official' support, I think -

Starting/maintaining a suitably worthy collection of seeds / trees / plants

?

Morning Rod. You're a long way off the mark there, I'm afraid.
I'm not sure that maintaining a seed collection would ever require you to look like a pizza delivery guy.

not even one who collects olives
yeah well
back to sleep then